# Questions for Dr. Sharon Morsink

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**Category:** Science Friday: Black Holes\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://group.classcentral.com/t/questions-for-dr-sharon-morsink/22357 "2022-01-17T04:41:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mervyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/group.classcentral.com/mervyn/32/206_2.png) [@Mervyn](https://group.classcentral.com/u/Mervyn)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://group.classcentral.com/t/questions-for-dr-sharon-morsink/22357/1 "2022-01-17T04:41:20Z")

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Hey, y’all I am creating this thread so that we can piece together a list of questions that can be addressed during the live session with Dr. Sharon Morsink. Drop your questions below 🙂

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**Author:** ![sloopie72](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/group.classcentral.com/sloopie72/32/27_2.png) [@sloopie72](https://group.classcentral.com/u/sloopie72)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://group.classcentral.com/t/questions-for-dr-sharon-morsink/22357/2 "2022-01-19T22:39:02Z")

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I just came across this article titled “Hubble Captures a Black Hole That is Forming Stars, Not Absorbing Them”

> **[Hubble Captures a Black Hole That is Forming Stars, Not Absorbing Them](https://petapixel.com/2022/01/19/hubble-captures-a-black-hole-that-is-forming-stars-not-absorbing-them/)**
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> The opposite behavior of what is seen in larger galaxies.

I’m not at the point (yet) where I can interpret this, but I suspect it isn’t as golly-wow as the article tries to make it appear. Can it be translated to beginning-studentese?

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**Author:** ![Mervyn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/group.classcentral.com/mervyn/32/206_2.png) [@Mervyn](https://group.classcentral.com/u/Mervyn)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://group.classcentral.com/t/questions-for-dr-sharon-morsink/22357/3 "2022-01-21T11:06:08Z")

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excellent question, I think they are talking about jets of material that escape the black holes gravitational pull due to magnetic forces?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/ccstudygroup/original/2X/1/1825a3e31f0774a0c589baa4a52ba1dc866d1801.jpeg)

The mass ejected is giving rise to a stellar nursery but I am curious about what enables this mass to escape the enormous gravitational pull

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**Author:** ![sloopie72](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/group.classcentral.com/sloopie72/32/27_2.png) [@sloopie72](https://group.classcentral.com/u/sloopie72)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://group.classcentral.com/t/questions-for-dr-sharon-morsink/22357/4 "2022-01-21T14:54:37Z")

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Yes, I thought about jets, but they make it sound so unique to this particular entity.

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**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://group.classcentral.com/t/questions-for-dr-sharon-morsink/22357/5 "2022-01-21T14:56:56Z")

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1. How is density high and pressure low right before the formation of a star?

2. What does “collapsing” inside a star look like? How do the collisions create outward pressure strong enough to balance gravity?